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how many debates did we step away, it's hillary, it's obama. but joe biden won this debate. i wrote that column four or five times in 2007, 2008. think way back. when joe biden first ran for president in the 1988 cycle. that was the plagiarism thing. but besides that, when he was running, this guy was the star order of the field. he was a young senator at the time but it was his oratory that set him apart from the rest of the field. i look at this and i say, i've always thought that obama's biggest weaknesses one of the weaknesses is debates. i think it's biden's biggest strength. i'm setting the bar really high. >> the onion teaches ruthlessly with that shirtless joe biden waxing his -- it's horrible, right? he's sort of an elder statesman of the party. you have the young upstart ryan. >> yeah. i mean, look, i agree with steve to a certain degree. i think this vice presidential debate will be reminiscent of 2000 when you had dick cheney and joe lieberman. two very smart individuals on the ticket. very thoughtful in terms of the vice presidential debate. there was not a lot
how many debates did we step away, it's hillary, it's obama. but joe biden won this debate. i wrote that column four or five times in 2007, 2008. think way back. when joe biden first ran for president in the 1988 cycle. that was the plagiarism thing. but besides that, when he was running, this guy was the star order of the field. he was a young senator at the time but it was his oratory that set him apart from the rest of the field. i look at this and i say, i've always thought that obama's...
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that should be obama's slogan for the first debates. >> they don't know the second hour of nhp is a drinking game. >> congresswoman, i'm almost sad i put you at this table. >> really, i'm not ready to pop open the champagne cork for president obama, because, you know, the republicans have what i call scissergy where the sun, the moon, and the stars have all lined up in their benefit to change the game here. number one, they have citizens united where they can spend unlimited, unaccountable amounts of money. if you give me $20 donation, you got to give your name, age, social security number and where you work. these folks, they give millions without disclosing who they are. they have voter suppression tactics. clearly, in all of the battleground tactics they had a coordinated strategy to do that and when they picked paul ryan, i thought, cynically, why would they just hand democrats that gift, a guy who has a record of wanting to take away social security. i have been on the budget committee for five of the seven years i have been in congress. he wants to take away medicare and medicaid. ever
that should be obama's slogan for the first debates. >> they don't know the second hour of nhp is a drinking game. >> congresswoman, i'm almost sad i put you at this table. >> really, i'm not ready to pop open the champagne cork for president obama, because, you know, the republicans have what i call scissergy where the sun, the moon, and the stars have all lined up in their benefit to change the game here. number one, they have citizens united where they can spend unlimited,...
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your ford dealer. >>> this week democrats were cheered by president obama's impressive debate performance. the swagger is back. once again, he was the charismatic high-achieving in the limelight snatching it away from his opponent. it tells us little about how either of these men will actually perform in the white house. you see, inspiration and charisma do matter, but too often the attention paid to the single influential individual obscures what it really takes to create systemic change. the trap we sometimes fall into when we believe that reverend martin luther king jr. was more important than the movement that he led or act as though president franklin roosevelt was the sole architect of the new deal rather than an executive who worked along and in tan dem with a vigorous congress. that it is true in politics, but the thing is it's also true in problem solving. especially in something like education reform. we still seem to be hoping that there is one silver bullet teacher out there who has the antidote to our failing school system, but does overreliance on that heroic panacea get in
your ford dealer. >>> this week democrats were cheered by president obama's impressive debate performance. the swagger is back. once again, he was the charismatic high-achieving in the limelight snatching it away from his opponent. it tells us little about how either of these men will actually perform in the white house. you see, inspiration and charisma do matter, but too often the attention paid to the single influential individual obscures what it really takes to create systemic...
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. >> and in terms of the fund-raising thing, the biggest disparity is the super pacs and the obama super pac is a drop in the bucket compared to crossroads gms, -- gps, but th strategy of painting romney as a super conservative, regardless of that, there is going to be a debate and they relish it and so do the republicans in context of the american social context, and i think that people will open up the pockets when they realize that social security is on the line. >> and when we come back, we will see how president obama has put a silver spoon in the mouth of mitt romney, and also former senator bob graham is going to join us and tell us why he is concerned about the state of oil drilling in america. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. >>> i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. michelle wasn't.ç but somebody gave us a chance. just like these folks up here are looking for a chance. >> and with one s
. >> and in terms of the fund-raising thing, the biggest disparity is the super pacs and the obama super pac is a drop in the bucket compared to crossroads gms, -- gps, but th strategy of painting romney as a super conservative, regardless of that, there is going to be a debate and they relish it and so do the republicans in context of the american social context, and i think that people will open up the pockets when they realize that social security is on the line. >> and when we...
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we just have to take a look at president obama during that first debate. it was -- it was a sad moment. the reason we were so excited about biden, what was going on there? >> i'm glad we had the sad drama. it sound tracked to 2012. i feel like biden is like a fun dad but then was able in the debate to get away with being angry dad. he's like fun, laughing, i'm kind of condescending to this guy and then with the jack kennedy line, like seriously, don't mess around. >> that's the thing. joe biden is your crazy uncle joe. it's not a joke. you go to thanksgiving dinner and mention something. don't mention it then he's like i'm getting out. uncle joe, go back a little bit. now i have to say -- >> so i think it was funny that the president actively tried to be funny in multiple points of the debate. when he woke up for the foreign policy debate, he had a great moment where he makes the bayonet joke. let's listen to the president being funny. >> you mentioned the navy, for example. we have fewer ships in we have fewer horses and bayonets. >> classic. >> let's go,
we just have to take a look at president obama during that first debate. it was -- it was a sad moment. the reason we were so excited about biden, what was going on there? >> i'm glad we had the sad drama. it sound tracked to 2012. i feel like biden is like a fun dad but then was able in the debate to get away with being angry dad. he's like fun, laughing, i'm kind of condescending to this guy and then with the jack kennedy line, like seriously, don't mess around. >> that's the...
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. >> but it simply is true that under president obama, we have added jobs every single quarter. now, we could certainly debate, there is certainly room to suggest that it's insufficiently robust, that there's more that could have happened. but the idea -- sort of that phrase that occurs, he didn't lie. he said he lost 23 million jobs. but when he puts it on the 0-23 million, it sounds like 23 million jobs were lost under president obama. and that's false. we have added every single -- in every single monthly report, there are more jobs. >> there's one very important thing we've added which is more people to the rolls of long-term unemployment. we used to have 2.3 million people who were out of work for a six-month period of time or more. and now today that number is 5.8 million people. we're spending a lot of money. we're not spending it well. i think that's the problem like conservatives like me have. >> i think that's what the angst of many progressives. >> that's why we have a deficit that continues to grow year after year after year. >> it's more than what we have is because
. >> but it simply is true that under president obama, we have added jobs every single quarter. now, we could certainly debate, there is certainly room to suggest that it's insufficiently robust, that there's more that could have happened. but the idea -- sort of that phrase that occurs, he didn't lie. he said he lost 23 million jobs. but when he puts it on the 0-23 million, it sounds like 23 million jobs were lost under president obama. and that's false. we have added every single -- in...